{"id":10722,"date":"2014-04-03T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T09:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2014-04-03T09:36:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T09:36:06","slug":"ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars &#8211; Ben Koufie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ben-Koufie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10723\" alt=\"Ben-Koufie\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ben-Koufie.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ben-Koufie.jpg 620w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ben-Koufie-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The head of the Technical Directorate of the Black Stars, Ben Koufie has criticized Ghanaian for over concentrating on issues that derails the attention of the playing body and the technical team of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>He has expressed that there is an issue on the mouth of Ghanaians everyday as if the country is making their debut appearance at the tournament and this always frustrate the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhanaians always talk too much about unnecessary issues. If it is not budget, it is about the coach and now people are discussing whether the players should take their wives to the world Cup or not,\u201d the former GFA boss (pictured) told Metro FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat people are doing makes it looks like Ghana is participating in the World Cup for the first time or something has come from heaven which has never happened before. This is Ghana\u2019s third appearance at the Mundial and even in Ghana\u2019s maiden appearance in the competition people did not behave this way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these discussions will confuse the whole atmosphere. How can the characters involved in the Black Stars keep a steady head under this condition? If we are not careful everything would be destroyed before the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid the players send their wives to the two previous World Cups? Some of them bought tickets for their wives and that is fine and it is not a new thing for it to merit discussions everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is drawn in Group G with Portugal, Germany and USA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: AllSports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the Technical Directorate of the Black Stars, Ben Koufie has criticized Ghanaian for over concentrating on issues that derails the attention of the playing body and the technical team of the Black Stars. He has expressed that there is an issue on the mouth of Ghanaians everyday as if the country is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":10723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars - Ben Koufie - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars - Ben Koufie - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The head of the Technical Directorate of the Black Stars, Ben Koufie has criticized Ghanaian for over concentrating on issues that derails the attention of the playing body and the technical team of the Black Stars. He has expressed that there is an issue on the mouth of Ghanaians everyday as if the country is [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-03T09:36:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ben-Koufie.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars - Ben Koufie - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-03T09:36:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-04-03T09:36:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars &#8211; Ben Koufie\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars - Ben Koufie - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars - Ben Koufie - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"The head of the Technical Directorate of the Black Stars, Ben Koufie has criticized Ghanaian for over concentrating on issues that derails the attention of the playing body and the technical team of the Black Stars. He has expressed that there is an issue on the mouth of Ghanaians everyday as if the country is [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2014-04-03T09:36:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":620,"height":375,"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ben-Koufie.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/","name":"Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars - Ben Koufie - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-04-03T09:36:06+00:00","dateModified":"2014-04-03T09:36:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghanaians-are-frustrating-black-stars-ben-koufie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghanaians are frustrating Black Stars &#8211; Ben Koufie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}